5$ THE PRACTICE OF THE 



where he fays, " My field, whereon is now 

 " the thirteenth crop of wheat, has (hewn, 

 * that the rows may fuccefsfully frand upon 

 " any\part of the ground. The ridges of this 

 * field were, for the twelfth crop, changed 

 * from fix feet to four feet eight inches : in 

 " order for this alteration, the ridges were 

 : ploughed down, and the whole field was 

 ploughed crofs-ways of the ridges, for 

 <* making them level ; and then the next 

 f ridges were laid out the fame way as the 

 former, but one foot four inches narrower, 

 ' and the double rows drilled on their tops ; 

 -' whereby of confequence there muft be fome 

 rows (landing on every part of the ground, 

 ' both on the former partitions, and on every 

 *' part of the intervals. Notwithstanding 

 " this, there was no manner of difference in 

 * c the goodnefs of the rows, and the whole 

 field was in every part of it equal, and the 

 " beft, I believe, that ever grew on it. It 

 has now the thirteenth crop, likely to b.<f 

 very good, k though the land was npfc 

 tf ploughed crofsways. 



" The crop of the fix fcore acres of wheat, 



44 that was growing at the time of publiming 



" : my addenda, was much greater than the 



-"jcrop the year before ; it, and would have 



" produced more grain in proportion, if the 



" heavens had been as propitious : but the 



4< heavy rains that fell, when the fir ft planted 



" was in blofibm, diminimed the filling of 



" ths 



